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The Defense Sector Is Full of Dividend Stocks, but These 3 Are the Best

The defense sector is one of the best places to look for those hoping to invest in dividend stocks. Today, we’ve narrowed down the list to bring you the three best dividend stocks to buy today in the defense sector.

Defense companies often pay higher dividend yields compared to other popular stocks. On average, defense stocks boast a dividend yield of 1.79%.

Meanwhile, the 61 healthcare stocks in the S&P 500 – such as AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) and Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) – offer an average yield of 1.75%.

S&P 500 tech stocks have an even lower average yield of just 1.5%. Big names like Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) and Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) don’t even offer dividends to investors at all.

And defense stocks aren’t just great investments because of their dividend yields. They also give you market-beating share-price growth.

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The iShares Dow Jones Defense ETF (BATS: ITA) – which tracks 39 U.S. defense companies – has surged 20.7% so far in 2017. That beats both the Dow Jones and the S&P 500, which are up 11.9% and 11.4%, respectively.

If you follow Verastem (VSTM), you probably know that they've had a very good 2017, going from $1.14 to open the year up to $5.40 as of me writing this. An article by Jonathan Faison called Verastem Outlook Post Duo Results does an excellent job explaining VSTM's phase 3 trial data for Duvelisib

Avisol Capital Partners, managed by Drs Udaya Maiya and Ashok Dutta, is writing a daily scoop of all sorts of news, catalysts, ratings, and other actionable details for its watch list stocks (and the rest of the healthcare universe). The watch list is available to Total Pharma Tracker subscr

Avisol Capital Partners, managed by Drs Udaya Maiya and Ashok Dutta, is writing a daily scoop of all sorts of news, catalysts, ratings, and other actionable details for its watch list stocks (and the rest of the healthcare universe). The watch list is available to Total Pharma Tracker subscr

The defense sector is one of the best places to look for those hoping to invest in dividend stocks. Today, we've narrowed down the list to bring you the three best dividend stocks to buy today in the defense sector.

The defense sector is one of the best places to look for those hoping to invest in dividend stocks. Today, we've narrowed down the list to bring you the three best dividend stocks to buy today in the defense sector.